Worcestershire | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The pilot was performing a solo training flight out from RAF Defford. The airplane suffered an engine failure and a loss of hydraulic pressure which caused the brakes to be almost ineffective. After landing at RAF Defford, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and crashed into a ditch. The pilot escaped unhurt.

Probable cause:

Engine failure and brakes failure following a loss of hydraulic pressure.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Pershore

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Registration:

R1414

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Pershore - Pershore

Location:

Pershore AFB (Throckmorton)

Worcestershire

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United Kingdom

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Europe

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The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Pershore. The airplane belly landed, slid for few dozen metres and came to rest, bursting into flames. All four crew members evacuated safely, only the tail gunner was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Rogers Foltz, pilot,
Sgt Leo McClellan Lymburner, navigator,
Sgt Roy Norman Victor Burke, wireless operator,
Sgt J. P. Duval, air gunner.

Probable cause:

The crew forgot to lower the undercarriage prior to landing.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Wythall: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1942 at 0915 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5356

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0438LT on an operation to Cherbourg. While returning to base in the morning, an engine overheated and a second lost power. The pilot decided to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in an open field located near Wythall, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured. One of the survivor died two days later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Butterworth, pilot, †
P/O Alan William Breck, copilot,
P/O Wilfred Henry Burnham, observer, †
Sgt Charles Edward Morrey, wireless operator, †
Sgt Brian Franklin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Bernard Cable, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Engine failure and fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Honeybourne

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1941 at 0010 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD933

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1710LT on November 27 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in a field located near the Honeybourne railway station. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt B. D. Moss,
Sgt Ross,
Sgt Seagoe,
Sgt Hackett.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Badsey: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1941 at 0040 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD935

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2020LT on August 13 on a training exercise. At 0040LT, it impacted trees and crashed in Badsey, two miles east of Evesham. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Rene Davis, pilot, †
Sgt Gilbert Arthur Newbold, pilot, †
Sgt W. Wells.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Worcester: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

Operator:

Registration:

L1232

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Pembrey - Worcester

MSN:

8515

YOM:

1938

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Upon a night landing at RAF Worcester (RLG), the aircraft overshot and collided with trees and a house, bursting into flames. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Lindsay Armstrong, pilot.